Back to the original series for our "Into the Twilight" series, this is an episode coming from season 1 it's episode 28 called "A Nice Place to Visit". This happens to be our second look at the something from the original series, and we really should dip into it more.
This episode about a man named Henry Francis Valentine but goes by the name Rocky. He was robbing a pawn shop and when he's running from police he gets cornered and lets out a shot and starts to climb away and gets shot. Anyway later on, he gets woken up by a man named Pip. Pip is a man in an all white suit (played by Sebastian Cabot). Now Rocky is a little confused because he does remember getting shot and etc. (Fun thing to remember) He also wonders how Pip knows his name and stuff about him like his likes. Pip says his job is to give Rocky anything he wants and Rocky is of course suspicious because this doesn't happen. Rocky asks for Pip's wallet and Pip gives him $700 in cash. ( I said wallet!, oh well anyway)
Money? I wanted your wallet!/Copyright ViacomCBS
Pip takes him to a fancy home and says that it's Rocky's house. Rocky is a little suspicious since people don't normally get free fancy houses with fancy stuff. (Usually) The episode wants to make us invested by also making us wonder what's going on here, when saw this guy get shot and now he's getting these rewards. We can already infer some things that could have happened, but the episode is not showing its hand too much to give us a conclusion yet. When the food comes Rocky gets suspicious again and wants Pip to eat it, but Pip says that he hasn't eaten in centuries, Rocky decides to start shooting Pip but nothing happens to the guy and he figures out that Pip isn't of this Earth.
In heaven, you have guns some how/ Copyright ViacomCBS
Rocky figures out that he's dead and figures out the place he is in heaven. He thinks Pip is an angel and this makes him happy and starts asking for stuff. He starts to have fun and goes to casino (they have guns and casinos in heaven? Interesting)
More after the jump
Later, Rocky wants to see some of his old friends who have died, but Pip tells him that the place is made for Rocky and Rocky alone, everyone else, but Pip, are fakes. Rocky wonders what he did so good to get up this is place. (We used his words) Eventually they go to the hall of records and look for his file to see what he did. He reads the record and notices the stuff he did, most of it is bad. He shrugs it off.
I never returned my library books/ Copyright Viacom CBS
Anyway, as these stories go, he starts to get bored with everything and isn't happy with winning and gals all the time. He complains to Pip that he's getting bored after the month, saying there's no excitement and no fun, because there's nothing he can do to have a thrill. There's even an offer to rob a bank but he's not going to have fun doing that.
Boring / Copyright Viacom CBS
This part is spoilers so you can check that out here:
The episode is well executed, and entertaining to watch as the viewer can wonder what's going on and guess as to what is actually happening or not. The episode gives slight clues but not tipping its too much. Though without going into saying the ending, it does give a sense of someone who has everything he wanted and yet starts to get bored by it. The twist gives it even more an impact.
This is a good episode so give it watch if you haven't. There's also some fun to see if you have seen it, to watch it again. That's it for now tune in next time when we tell you Heaven is a place on Earth.
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